2194 occurrences in 13 translations

'Back' in the Bible

So I confronted the officials and asked, "Why is the Temple of God neglected?" Then I gathered them together and put them back in their places.

After these things, when the king's feelings were calmer, the thought of Vashti and what she had done and the order he had made against her, came back to his mind.

Every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to find out about Esther's well-being and what was happening to her.

in the evening she hath gone in, and in the morning she hath turned back unto the second house of the women, unto the hand of Shaashgaz eunuch of the king, keeper of the concubines; she cometh not in any more unto the king except the king hath delighted in her, and she hath been called by name.

Hathach came back and related Mordecai’s words to Esther.

Then Esther spoke to Hathach, instructing him to go back to Mordecai with this message:

and Mordecai speaketh to send back unto Esther: 'Do not think in thy soul to be delivered in the house of the king, more than all the Jews,

And Esther speaketh to send back unto Mordecai:

And Mordecai turneth back unto the gate of the king, and Haman hath been hastened unto his house mourning, and with covered head,

And the king hath turned back out of the garden of the house unto the house of the banquet of wine, and Haman is falling on the couch on which Esther is, and the king saith, 'Also to subdue the queen with me in the house?' the word hath gone out from the mouth of the king, and the face of Haman they have covered.

The king then removed his signet ring (the very one he had taken back from Haman) and gave it to Mordecai. And Esther designated Mordecai to be in charge of Haman's estate.

and saith, 'If to the king it be good, and if I have found grace before him, and the thing hath been right before the king, and I be good in his eyes, let it be written to bring back the letters -- a device of Haman son of Hammedatha the Agagite -- that he wrote to destroy the Jews who are in all provinces of the king,

and ye, write ye for the Jews, as it is good in your eyes, in the name of the king, and seal with the signet of the king -- for the writing that is written in the name of the king, and sealed with the signet of the king, there is none to turn back.'

and in her coming in before the king, he said with the letter, 'Let his evil device that he devised against the Jews turn back upon his own head,' and they have hanged him and his sons on the tree,

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan answered the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

The LORD asked Satan, "Where have you come from?" In response, Satan told the LORD, "From wandering all over the earth and walking back and forth throughout it."

Turn back, I pray you, let it not be perverseness, Yea, turn back again -- my righteousness is in it.

Remember that my life is a breath; my eyes won't go back to seeing good things.

He will not come back to his house, and his place will have no more knowledge of him.

God does not hold back His anger;Rahab’s assistants cringe in fear beneath Him!

Remember, I pray Thee, That as clay Thou hast made me, And unto dust Thou dost bring me back.

And it riseth -- as a lion Thou huntest me. And Thou turnest back -- Thou shewest Thyself wonderful in me.

Before I go to the place from which I will not come back, to the land where all is dark and black,

If he goes on his way, shutting a man up and putting him to death, who may make him go back from his purpose?

If he holds back the waters, then they dry up; if he releases them, they destroy the land.

When a man dies, will he come back to life?If so, I would wait all the days of my struggleuntil my relief comes.

Even if I speak, my suffering is not relieved,and if I hold back, what have I lost?

But come back and try again, all of you.I will not find a wise man among you.

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

"This is why my troubled thoughts bring me back -- because of my feelings within me.

His children will beg from the poor,for his own hands must give back his wealth.

Hath pity on it, and doth not forsake it, And keep it back in the midst of his palate,

He is giving back what he laboured for, And doth not consume it; As a bulwark is his exchange, and he exults not.

He pulls it out of his back,the flashing tip out of his liver.Terrors come over him.

“But who will confront him with his actions and rebuke him face to face,And who will repay him for what he has done?

You do not give water to the tired traveller, and from him who has no food you keep back bread.

Thick clouds cover him so he can't see as he walks back and forth at heaven's horizon.

If you come back to the Ruler of all, making yourself low before him; if you put evil far away from your tents;

See, I go forward, but he is not there; and back, but I do not see him;

And He is in one mind, And who doth turn Him back? And His soul hath desired -- and He doth it.

He holdeth back the face of his throne, and spreadeth his cloud upon it.

He cuts a shaft far from human habitation,in places unknown to those who walk above ground.Suspended far away from people,the miners swing back and forth.

He keeps back the streams from flowing, and makes the secret things come out into the light.

"I wish I could go back to how things were a few months ago; when God used to watch over me,

"The Almighty was still with me back then, and my children were still around me.

The chiefs kept back their words, and their tongues were joined to the roofs of their mouths.

If his back did not give me a blessing, and the wool of my sheep did not make him warm;

then let my shoulder blade fall from my back,and my arm be pulled from its socket.

For the fear of God kept me back, and because of his power I might not do such things.

And Elihu the son of Barachel the Buzite answered and said, I am young, and ye are very old; Wherefore I held back, and durst not show you mine opinion.

He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.

If he were to decide to do so, that is, to take back to himself his spirit and breath of life,

All flesh would come to an end together, and man would go back to the dust.

Because they turned back from him, and would not consider any of his ways:

"Should you not be paid back, since you have rejected him? You do the choosing! I won't! Tell us what you know!

And He uncovereth their ear for instruction, And saith that they turn back from iniquity.

After it roar doth a voice -- He thundereth with the voice of His excellency, And He doth not hold them back, When His voice is heard.

And from the evil-doers their light is kept back, and the arm of pride is broken.

so you can lead it back to its border?Are you familiar with the paths to its home?

You should know! After all, you had been born back then, so the number of your days is great!

That I have kept back for a time of distress, For a day of conflict and battle.

Their young ones are strong, living in the open country; they go out and do not come back again.

Dost thou trust in him That he doth bring back thy seed? And to thy threshing-floor doth gather it?

He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted; neither turneth he back from the sword.

Its back has rows of shields, shut up closely together as with a seal;

Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced.

If I have done evil to him who was at peace with me,Or without cause robbed him who was my enemy,

And a company of peoples compass Thee, And over it on high turn Thou back,

His trouble comes back on his own head,and his violence falls on the top of his head.

When mine enemies are turned back, they shall fall and perish at thy presence.

Oh that the salvation of Israel were come out of Zion! when the LORD bringeth back the captivity of his people, Jacob shall rejoice, and Israel shall be glad.

I pursue my enemies and overtake them;I do not turn back until they are wiped out.

You have made my enemies turn their back to me, and I will destroy those who hate me.

Keep back thy servant also from presumptuous sins; let them not have dominion over me: then shall I be upright, and I shall be innocent from the great transgression.

You have given him his heart's desire, and have not kept back the request of his lips. (Selah.)

Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them.

My cry goes up to you, O Lord, my Rock; do not keep back your answer from me, so that I may not become like those who go down into the underworld.

Repay them according to what they have done—according to the evil of their deeds.Repay them according to the work of their hands;give them back what they deserve.

Take up your spear and keep back my attackers; say to my soul, I am your salvation.

Let them be confounded and put to shame that seek after my soul: let them be turned back and brought to confusion that devise my hurt.

They paid me back evil for good; my soul mourns.

But as for me, when they were ill I put on the clothing of sorrow: I went without food and was sad, and my prayer came back again to my heart.

Lord, how long dost thou behold? Keep back my soul from their desolations, From young lions my only one.

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Definition
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אחר אחור 
'achowr 
Usage: 41

חשׂך 
Chasak 
Usage: 28

סוּג 
Cuwg 
Usage: 14

פּנה 
Panah 
Usage: 134

ὄπίσω 
Opiso 
Usage: 20

ὑποστέλλω 
Hupostello 
Usage: 4

ὑποστρέφω 
Hupostrepho 
Usage: 31

אחרנּית 
'achoranniyth 
Usage: 7

גב 
Gab 
Usage: 13

גּב 
Gab (Aramaic) 
Usage: 1

גּו 
Gav 
Usage: 3

גּו 
Gev 
Usage: 7

גּרע 
Gara` 
Usage: 22

הלאה 
Hal@ah 
Usage: 16

כּלא 
Kala' 
Usage: 18

מוּשׁ 
Muwsh 
Usage: 20

מנע 
mana` 
Usage: 29

משׁבה משׁוּבה 
M@shuwbah 
Usage: 12

נבט 
Nabat 
Usage: 69

סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

סרר 
Carar 
Usage: 17

סתרה סתר 
Cether 
Usage: 36

עצה 
`atseh 
Usage: 1

ערף 
`oreph 
Usage: 35

פּרע 
Para` 
Usage: 16

רגל 
Ragal 
Usage: 25

שׁוּב 
Shuwb 
Usage: 1058

שׁובב 
Showbab 
Usage: 3

שׁובב 
Showbeb 
Usage: 3

שׂוּג 
Suwg 
Usage: 1

שׁכם 
Sh@kem 
Usage: 22

שׁלּח שׁלּוּח 
Shilluwach 
Usage: 3

ἀποκυλίω 
Apokulio 
Usage: 4

ἀποστερέω 
Apostereo 
Usage: 5

καταλαλία 
Katalalia 
Usage: 2

κατάλαλος 
Katalalos 
Usage: 1

νοσφίζομαι 
Nosphizomai 
Usage: 3

νῶτος 
Notos 
Usage: 1

ὄπισθεν 
Opisthen 
Usage: 7

στρέφω 
Strepho 
Usage: 15

ὑποστολή 
Hupostole 
Usage: 1

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